Oiling mechanism for band-wheel power



Oct 16, 192s.

A. H. LOUCKS OILING MECHANISM FOR BAND WHEEL POWER lFiled Jan. 18. 1927 N\ .m.\ Y

INVENTOR. /hafr H. az/cfs. BYPZM ?atented Oct. 16, 1928.

UNITED STATES gPATENT ori-"ICE f ALBERT H. LOUOxs, OE MARION, INDIANA, AssIGNoE rro MARION MACHINE, EOUNDEY & SUPPLY C0., F MARION,

INnANA, A CORPORATION.

OILING MEOHAnIsM'EOn `mann;WHEEL POWER.

Application ined January 18,` 1927. serial No. 161,783;

This invention relates to a lubricating system for powers such as Vutilized in the oil fields.v Y V The chief object of the invention is to provide means for oiling the eccentricrings operated by eccentrics of powers and secure automatic lubrication as well asreplenish the power. k-

the lubricant supply without shutting down vThe chief feat-ure of the invention consists in utilizing a force feed lubricator of suitable typeV and mounting the same such that it will rotate with the rotatableelements of the power and which will be automatically actuated in said rotation, whereby a predetermined adjusted amount of lubricant is supplied to the several parts to' be lubricated.

Another feature of the invention consists in the arrangement of several parts of power whereby the lubricator supply can be replenished without the shutting downk of ther power.

The full nature of the invention will be understood from the accompanying drawings andk the following description and claims:

In the drawings Fig. 1 is a central section of a multiple eccentric power and the lubricator with other parts shown mounted thereon and in elevation. Fig. 2 is an enlarged section of the nozzle.

y hub 16 having the upper flange 17 and the lower flange 18, to which in turn is scoured the spokes of a rim, the rim, spokes and hub construction constituting the power pulley. Thus,- when .the power pulley is rotated, the eccentrics willbe actuated and the eccentric rings will be reciprocated.

Clampingly or otherwise secured on shaft 11, is a combination cover and cam 20 which forms a cover for a transfer well or reservoir 19, the same being annularV and in the upper face of the *upper hub flange 17. Cam and i cover 2() includes a peripheral cam groove 21. Cam 2O is stationary and includes a port or passage 22 therethroughconnected-" i by a supply line 23 to a filling cup 24. f Line 23 extends a suitable distance to clear `the power pulley and thus permits the'operator to approachclose enough to ll the same while the power is operating. Mounted-on the lower flange by means of the bracket 25 is a force feed lubricator 26 having a rockshaft 27 actuated by an arm 28. Arm 28 is connected by an adjust-able mechanism or link 29 to one end of a slide 30 which pivot- Vally'supports by means of pin 31., a camy roller 32 that rides in the slot or cam groove 21. The slide isslidably mounted upon a guide 33 secured as at 34 to the upper face of the upper hub iange. Said guide extends through the opening 35 formed therein so as to support the slide substantially throughout its length and its travel. Extending through the upper hub flange isa passage` 36 which communicates with the transfer well 19 and a pipe 37 connects said passage 36 toa iillingspout 38 of the lubricator 26.

From the foregoing, therefore, it will be understood that if lubricant is supplied, to filling cup 24 the same will drain by gravity tothe transfer chamber 19 irrespective of the position of thev hub ,with respect tothe V,cover cam. From there the lubricant will be supplied to the force feed lubricator and said arm 28 `will be actuated through the the cam groove 21. l

slide 30 carryingthe roller 32 engageable in The lubricator is -provided withV ak suflicient number of outlets 40, each of which supplies a valve controlled discharge line such as line 41 kwhich supplies the nozzle 13 of the lower eccentric, line 42 which supplies vthe nozzle 13 of the upper eccentric and line 43 which suppliesthe huby bearing with lubricant. Since all of the eccentrics and the hub are associated together for rotation as a unit, the aforesaidV supply distribution is satisfactory. Herein a standard Ion lubricator is illustrated and also herein but one form of actuating mechanism is shown associated with the lubricator for automati-` y cally actuating the same in thev rotation of the hub. n y* The invention claimed is: y l. In a lubricating system for a power including an eccentric ring, an eccentric for reciprocating the same and a power hub for rotating the eccentric, the combination of a lubricator carried by one of the Vaforesaid rotating parts, and means continuously as-` sociated with said lubricator for automatically actuating the same in the rotation thereof for supplying under pressure a measured quantity of lubricant to the rotating parts. t 2. A device of the character definedA by claim l', with the addition of an annular ktransfer Well communicating and rotating With the lubi'icator, and a stationarily mounted filling cup in communication at all times 'with said annular transfer Well.

communication therefrom to the force feedcam secured on the spindle y.above the said iange andnreservoir, force feeding means carried by the hub and revolu'ble about said spindle and adapted to receive by gravity oil froinsaid reservoir, ineans actuated *by the cam as said partslrevolve about the spindle for actuating said force feeding means,

and meansfor conveying the lubricantfrom the device, substanti( lly as set forth.A

4C. kA lubricating systemsubstantially as set' forth in claim 3, said reservoir in the flange of the mechanism being annular with ing means so as to supply lubricant to the force feeding means at all times, and stationary ,means mounted in connection with 1 saidcam for constantly discharginginto said 40 reservoir. t y

In Witness whereof, I have hereunto afiixed ,K my' signature;

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30 said force. feeding means to various parts of 

